Untold Stories

Muthukutti, a 23-year-old man from Surangudi, India, stands outside his home.

Fireworks and Heartbreak in a Hard-Hit Indian Village

People set off firecrackers during the Diwali festival of lights in Om Nagar sector-11 near Mini Secretariat, on October 31, 2024 in Gurugram, India.

‘Invisible Suffering’: Deadly Risks in India’s Fireworks Factories

A light micrograph image of oocysts of the parasite Cryptosporidium parvum; each oocyst is roughly 5 microns in diameter.

Neglected Diseases

The Most Neglected NTD: Cryptosporidiosis

Dozens of bystanders look on as they watch rescuers in a helicopter search the site of a capsized cruise boat on Lake Victoria near Mutima village, south of Kampala, Uganda, on a grey, cloudy day.

The Push to Prevent Drownings in Uganda

Workers toss bright orange marigolds into the air, against a bright blue sky.

Congratulations to the Winners of the 2025 Untold Global Health Stories Contest!

A brick building in Nyarugusu refugee camp’s main health post labeled Op Theatre

Socialized for Scarcity: Surgical Care in Tanzania’s Remote Refugee Camps

Blessing Abosede with her son Iyanu. Abiodun Jamiu

Maternal Health

In Nigeria, Hospitals Are Unlawfully Detaining Newborns to Force Payment of Medical Bills

Medical students travel on a bus to GF Jooste hospital on October 20, 2010, Cape Town, South Africa.

Fortify the Frontlines with Fellowships for LMIC Docs

A woman at Akinlapa oil farm filters the fresh palm fruits. Abiodun Jamiu

Delicious and Nutritious: The Unrealized Potential of Red Palm Oil

Sunrise in the Transkei region in Eastern Cape Province, one of the poorest and most rural of South Africa’s 9 provinces.

Noncommunicable Diseases

Strapped for Time and Resources: Fighting Stroke in Rural South Africa

A maternity matron holds 2 baby girls, the first children conceived through IVF in Kenya, May 2006. Image: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty

Infertility as a Neglected Disease

Meeting surrounding the kickoff for the HelmVit study on schistosomiasis during pregnancy and its effects on the infants immune system (Prof. da Costa is second from left). Image by Eva Arnold

A Neglected Disease, A Lab Researcher, And Real Life